The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

20062h 7mDramaWar
7.3

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Overview

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Cast

Cillian MurphyCillian MurphyDamien
Pádraic DelaneyPádraic DelaneyTeddy
Liam CunninghamLiam CunninghamDan
Orla FitzgeraldOrla FitzgeraldSinead
Mary O'RiordanPeggy
Mary MurphyBernadette
Laurence BarryMicheail
Damien KearneyDamien KearneyFinbar
Frank BourkeFrank BourkeLeo
Myles HorganRory
Martin LuceyCongo
Aidan O'HareAidan O'HareSteady Boy

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DirectorKen Loach

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Details

Release DateJune 23, 2006
Budget$6,500,000
Revenue$22,900,000
LanguagesIrish, Latin, English
StudiosSixteen Films, Matador Pictures, Regent Capital, Element Pictures, BiM Distribuzione, EMC, Tornasol Media, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, UK Film Council, TV3
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